The Web server sits waiting for a client to ask for a Web page. Once it detects a request, it establishes the socket, locates the Web page requested and sends it over the Internet to the user's ...

A server-side language means that all of the processing is done on the server rather than inside of the browser. The server processes the Web page before it is displayed to the user.

When PHP debuted in the mid-1990s, many devotees called it the best web programming language around, because it revolutionized how you could develop internet software. PHP made it practical for the ...

Ruby is the only server-side web language that experienced much growth over the last decade—and the closest remaining "threat" to PHP, despite having only 6.5 percent the presence.

Programming languages are like standards; the nice thing about them is that there are so many to choose from. Selecting the best programming languages for back-end, server-side applications often has ...